<p>Re students applying to LEAD Summer Business Institutes and any other programs that emphasizes they want diversity and are particularly interested in under-represented minority students applying: what they mean, but they don’t want to be so crass as to say out loud, is that the program is not geared to accepting white students, even if they are lower-socio-economic white students. Students should not waste their time applying to programs that do not welcome them, there are plenty of other programs. If you ask these programs for stats (and as an independent college counselor and a parent, I have asked for stats) about the ethnic origin and/or race of the students accepted to these programs, they will not give that to you, and will continue to insist they judge everyone on their merits. It’s not true. Life isn’t fair, and you should just move on to programs that welcome students of all colors.
Good luck!</p>